Kirby explores how streaming services are architecting systems that match their economic realities. General entertainment platforms like Netflix and Disney are designing systems that scale franchises across formats, regions, and revenue lines, while niche services like AMC+ and Crunchyroll are…
Skip tackles the challenge of maintaining brand identity on Prime Video Channels, likening it to renting shelf space in a crowded supermarket. The advice? Use Amazon for scale, but invest in your own DTC app to preserve control, customer data,…
Streaming services are shifting focus from high-volume output toward IP with the potential to scale across formats, markets, and revenue lines. As production costs rise and budgets tighten, platforms are increasingly concentrating investment on ideas that can support long-term value.…
Gracenote’s Tyler Bell explores how fragmentation is overwhelming viewers and degrading the overall streaming experience. Despite a flood of content and high engagement, discovery issues are fueling churn, cutting into ad revenue, and undercutting monetization across the board.
Netflix’s $82.7B bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is facing a hostile $30/share counteroffer from Paramount, backed by Gulf state funds and Affinity Partners. Paramount claims its deal is faster and more certain, while Netflix is leaning on YouTube’s dominance in…
Verizon is cutting prices on its HBO Max and Netflix bundles for wireless and home internet customers. Starting December 16, HBO Max with Ads drops to $7.50/month and HBO Max Premium to $12/month when added to eligible plans. Verizon's Netflix…
Channel 4 has named former Warner Bros. Discovery exec Priya Dogra as CEO, succeeding Alex Mahon. Dogra joins as the U.K. broadcaster pivots toward in-house production, IP ownership, and a digital-first future under its five-year transformation strategy. The move follows…
DIRECTV has launched its native app on LG Smart TVs (2021+ models), enabling users to stream live channels, on-demand content, and over 100 FAST channels without extra hardware. The integration simplifies access to DIRECTV's Signature plans, Genre Packs, and MyFree…
Paramount made a $108.4 billion hostile all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, disrupting Netflix’s prior $82.7 billion agreement and resetting the competitive stakes in Hollywood's final mega-merger. With WBD shareholders now weighing immediate cash versus Netflix’s strategic value, the deal…
Harmonic is selling its video business to MediaKind for $145 million to double down on broadband infrastructure, particularly its vCMTS platform supporting DOCSIS 4.0 rollouts at Comcast and Charter. This move frees Harmonic to align fully with operator demand and…
